Police use water canons on protesting lawyers in Chandigarh

Chandigarh : Police used water cannons against lawyers of Punjab and Haryana High Court here today as the advocates tried to break barricades while protesting the registration of case against some of their fellow members for allegedly manhandling a cop recently. The members of Punjab and Haryana high court bar association assembled here at the court premises and marched toward UT administrator and Punjab governor Shivraj V Patil's official residence, police said. They were stopped near Rock garden by police, but after convincing the police that they will peacefully submit a memorandum to the Governor, they were allowed to move ahead. As they reached the residence of the Governor, some of the advocates broke the barricades and demanded to go inside, when police resorted to the use of water cannons against them, following which the advocates dispersed from the spot. Meanwhile, the bar association continued with its indefinite strike to protest against the registration of an FIR against 20 lawyers allegedly involved in thrashing of a cop on the court premises recently. The FIR was registered on Monday against former Additional Advocate General (AAG) Punjab Rupinder Singh Khosla and 19 other High court lawyers. The remaining lawyers who had allegedly thrashed Ramesh Chand, a head constable with the Chandigarh police on February 26 are yet to be identified, police said. Terming it a "conspiracy" hatched by Chandigarh Police against the lawyers community the Bar association had labelled the FIR as "concocted and false". Meanwhile, Khosla alleged, "I am the victim in the case, I was punched by the cop in full public view. I did not touch him yet an FIR was registered against me. This is a lopsided inquiry by Chandigarh Police to save the skin of their official who is at fault." The bar association demanded that the condition to carry smart cards for entering the court should be abolished.

Lane did not fare system was The directions of the High Court was launched in fare system, people are not aware

Chandigarh:Rajesh Chaudhary Punjab Secretariat serving as assistant in the last twenty years, through its Office will fare. He was the first and still struggle to drink morning and evening. Lane when he heard about the system, but they do not know that it's going where applicable. Rajesh Choudhary Nautiyal employed as a Housing Board are grappling with the same problem. Rajesh's house in Sector 44. Rajesh says that lane system in the city, but its beginning to be correctly. People are not aware of this rule: Traffic police has failed to implement the High Court order. The High Court was asked to start fare system on the lane. The traffic police have been cut yet invoiced Lane 532, but the town's people are not yet aware of this rule. Many of these government vehicles, including the driver. Bhaskar's team on the fare paid attention to the cradle rules the lane and found most people do not follow this rule. Even to make people aware of the traffic police is absent here. Board by the roadside a ditched the police. Most of VVIP pass fare: fare VVIP pass most of the city. Punjab, Haryana and UT most of the officers have to go through the same road. Chandigarh Police and the fare is the same with the Punjab Police headquarters. Growing city traffic lane system is designed to streamline the system. Accordingly to the vehicle on the road has been replaced. Snow on other roads Chandigarh Police Court Lane on other roads in the city to explore the possibility of said system. Where the traffic police alone can not fix the system fare lane on the other streets will apply this system that can be imagined. Sign framed Lane system for invoice before we cut the people to be vigilant. Nonetheless, there are a lot of people do not know which lane system. Sign boards are designed for such people. Aware that people like best about Red Light lane system the same way people are aware of and comply with the law. Munish Chaudhary, SP Traffic

Bhagat Singh's saga to be enacted

CHANDIGARH : "Remember the Legends," the saga of Bhagat Singh will once again come alive at Tagore Theater Chandigarh as part of Republic Day celebrations on Thursday.The play will be a tribute to the martyr whose zeal for freedom has left an indelible mark in the annals of India's freedom struggle. On March 23, 1931, Bhagat Singh was hanged in Lahore with fellow comrades Rajguru and Sukhdev. The play brings to light some rare episodes from various stages of Bhagat Singh's life, while his interactions with his mother, friends, colleagues and foes bring out his ideology. It also showcases the significance of Pagri Sambhal Jatta, a movement started by Bhagat Singh's uncle, Ajit Singh, for restraining the peasants to offer their turban to the British in lieu of waiving off their revenue. Bhagat Singh, a sophomore presents a song on a similar theme at Republic Day in the play. "I believe that the time has come when the inveterate corruption in society will culminate into an ethical catharsis, purging society of this social evil. Then people from various quarters will come together to evolve a new socio-economic structure in the country", muses Siddharth Shasta, director of the play. "The students have worked hard to bring forth the struggle and sacrifice of Bhagat Singh in a befitting and realistic manner. I am optimistic that the play will be a big success and we look forward to staging it in other schools", states Praveen Vashisht, the school headmaster.

Supporters of Anna Protest PM House in Chandigarh

CHANDIGARH : The volunteers of AAWAAZ, a city based NGO staged protests, Dharna outside the Prime Minister residence, house.no. 727, sec-11 following a call given by Anna hazare. The volunteers gathered at sec-18/7 chowk and headed towards PM’s residence raising anti-corruption slogans and chanting patriotic songs in support of anti-graft movement. They were disappointed o see high police presence outside PM’s residence. They decided to sit outside the house to stage the protest. The residents of the tricity also joined them in mass number. Gaurav Goel and BS Makkar advocates by profession and active members of AAWAAZ say people are feeling frustrated with the system and have taken to streets and roads and made it a mass movement. Govt should implement Janlok pal bill as soon as possible as it is not possible now to escape from the angst of people. We will stand firm with Annaji as long as our demands are not met with. Kuldeep Mussa, and Ram Kumar Mittal say we are protesting peacefully to let govt hear our voice and meet our grievances. PM should act wisely and should not be puppet in the hands of few ministers. It is the right time that govt should reach on a consensus with the Anna team to resolve the issue.
Rahul and Ashutosh Gupta say that people need Janlok pal Bill and not Jokepal Bill.Govt should implement such a bill which would help in putting end to corruption which has been robbing the peace and growth of the society. The movement has spread nationwide and govt has completely shaken and is in confused state of mind say they.

65th Independence day celebrated in Country

Chandigarh, Aug 15 : Punjab, Haryana and their joint capital Chandigarh today celebrated Independence day amidst unprecedented security arrangements across the region. Patriotic fervour and gaiety marked the occasion across the two states and UT Chandigarh as flag hoisting ceremonies were held at district headquarters, educational institutes and other places. The celebrations passed off peacefully as no untoward incident was reported from any part of the region, officials said here.Freedom fighters, who played a vital role in the struggle for independence, were remembered on the occasion.Amid overcast conditions, Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator, Shivraj Patil unfurled the tricolour at a function held here, while Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal unfurled the tricolour at a state-level function at Amritsar, where heavy rains marred the event.Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister and ruling Shiromani Akali Dal President, Sukhbir Singh Badal unfurled the tricolour at newly created Fazilka district.In Haryana, Governor Jagannath Pahadia unfurled the flag at a function held at Hisar, while Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, unfurled the flag at Bhiwani as Independence Day was celebrated with much enthusiasm in other parts of the state as well.
Rajinder Kumar a senior assistant in the office of deputy commissioner and is presently working as reader to SDM (C). In his entire service of 22 years, there is no single complaint from the officers as well as from the public against him. Prem Sagar a junior assistant at labour department who is differently abled performed his official duties as well as in the field duty of Census-2011 with great dedication. Seema Handa the law officer with the Chandigarh Administration apart from doing her work compiled a handbook ‘Suvidha’ which was released by H.E. J.F.R. Jacob, the then Administrator , U.T. in 2011 again she updated the handbook . Vineet Chopra a chef with Hotel Shivalikview has 10years experience in the Production Department. He is also a member of ICF (Indian Culinary Federation) Rajesh who is working with Municipal Corporation is a willing worker and has been performing the task assigned to him diligently. Ram Raj a gardener with MC. Fire department team led by ML Sharma the team reached at the fire spot at SCO No. 2471-72, Sector- 22-C on July 8, 2011 and prevented the fire. Janhavi Malhotra a student of MCM DAV College, Chandigarh, is being awarded for her contribution in art and culture. At the age of fourteen she compiled a collection of her poems, ‘Aloft on Wings of Grit’. Bheem Sain Malhotra an assistant professor in art from Chandigarh College of Architecture is being awarded for his contribution in the field of art. Rinku Kalia is credited with bringing Chandigarh on the musical map of the world by being the proud winner of Zee TV's highest-rated musical show "Sa Re Ga Ma" is currently working as Assistant Professor in Sociology, DAV College, Sector 10. Parmdeep Singh President of Government Employees Resident Welfare Association, Sector 22-D gets the award for social service. Isha Kakaria has gets the award for social service. Through the various stages of the growth of NGO Tammana, she has been appreciated time and again and recognized for her dynamism, vision and leadership. Satish Narula a renowned horticulturist will be awarded for his contribution in social service. He is also the Consultant Advisor, Tourism Projects on Theme Gardens, Chandigarh Administration. Baby Vidushi Rawat is being awarded in the field of sports. She is a student of Class IV of Banyan Tree School, Sector 48-B Chandigarh. She is a national player of Roller Skating and till date she got more than 50 medals in various State and National Competition.

Longest and darkest total lunar eclipse of century today

CHANDIGARH : The longest and darkest total lunar eclipse of the century will occur today, giving sky enthusiasts all over the country an opportunity to witness the event. An unusually long lunar eclipse with the Moon immersed deeply inside the umbral (darker) shadow of the Earth will occur today, Nehru Planetarium Director N Rathnasree said. The total phase of this lunar eclipse will last 100 minutes. The last eclipse to exceed this duration was in July 2000," she said. The next such eclipse will only take place in 2141. The total lunar eclipse will begin at 00:52:30 IST and end at 02:32:42 IST. While the partial eclipse will begin at 23:52:56 IST and end at 03:32:15 IST.
The eclipse will be visible completely in Africa and Central Asia. It will be visible rising over South America, Western Africa and Europe, and seen setting over Eastern Asia, and Australia, C B Devgun from Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) said. The magnitude of the one of the relatively rare total lunar eclipse will be 1.70 magnitude, N Sri Raghunandan Kumar of Planetary Society of India said.The next lunar eclipse to be viewed in India will be in December this year. Also, a star named 51 Ophiuchi will be occulted during the eclipse. Sky enthusiasts can witness the whole sequence of the occultation in the zodiacal constellation of Ophiuchus.At 11:29 PM today, the Moon will occult (hide) behind the star 51 Ophiuchi. The star will reappear after 90 minutes at 01:01 AM of June 16, Kumar said.

Shah Rukh Khan Launches First Theatrical Promo of 'Ra.One' in city

CHANDIGARH: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan aka King Khan today launched the first theatrical promo of his highly anticipated movie 'Ra.One' at Chandigarh. This magnum opus, presented by Eros International and Red Chillies Entertainments is a superhero film with a heart. Starring Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal and Kareena Kapoor, the film has been directed by Anubhav Sinha. With the theatrical trailer releasing globally, audiences worldwide will finally get a glimpse of SRK's most ambitious project till date, featuring their favorite actor in a never seen before avatar. The action adventure super hero film is sure to thrill the audiences youngsters and adults alike when it hits screens worldwide this Diwali.
It was a treat for the people of city as Shah Rukh walked amidst them in the mall and at the foyer of the cinema. He was at his charming best as he greeted and waved to the huge crowd that gathered at the venue. He then moved to the Cinema Audi to introduce the first theatrical promo of Ra.One which was then showcased for the first time on the big screen. Post that Shah Rukh fielded questions from the present media.